Coast Guardsman Charles Walter David Jr. volunteered to rescue sailors from the doomed USAT Dorchester and also saved the lives of two of his own shipmates.

Mexican-born Jose Lopez earned America’s highest military honor for his heroic one- man stand during the Battle of the Bulge.

The origins of an iconic movie line and the refinement of rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.

Born of desperation, the British tank attack at Arras on May 21, 1940 was a tactical failure with major strategic implications—and it may have helped to save the British army.

The modern history of Midway atoll includes its commercial uses and post-war reversion of a natural state resulting in its designation as a National Wildlife Refuge.